Screenings in North America
2019 Screenings
MEXICO
XV MUESTRA INTERNACIONAL DE MUJERES
EN EL CINE Y LA TELEVISIÓN
MEXICO CITY – October 26, 17 H
CINE LIDÓ
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PUEBLA, Mexico – November 1-3 (screening date TBD)
Excited to see our film screen in Mexico City, in the country of our protagonist Virginia Isaias, survivor and founder of
Fundación de Sobrevivientes de TráficoHumano,
thanks to the Mexican Association of Women in Film and Television.
DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED
St. PAUL, Minnesota
2ND ANNUAL “10 DAYS FREE FROM VIOLENCE”
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019, 4 pm
An Evening for Peace and Social Justice
The Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet and Twin Cities Prison Ministry present
“Sands of Silence: Waves of Courage”.
1884 Randolph Avenue, St Paul, MN 55105
EL PASO, TX
September 27, 2019
Hosted by WISE LATINA International
WLI SUMMIT Screening
Excited to see another screening of the film in El Paso to an audience of El Paso **Latina women** and also of **”mujeres fronterizas”** women that **cross to El Paso from Ciudad Juarez for work, school or other reasons** who are often exposed and vulnerable due to the safety conditions in Ciudad Juarez.
With protagonist Virginia Isaias,
survivor and founder of
Human Trafficking Survivors foundation
NEW YORK
RISE
ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING
FILM FESTIVAL
Thursday, JUNE 7th
6 pm Visit Layla Love Photography in Gallery
Light refreshments
6:30 pm PANEL
moderated by Elizabeth Cronin (NYS Office of Victim Services) with:
Rev. Adrian Dannhauser of Episcopal Diocese of
the New York Task Force Against Human Trafficking
Shelby Quast of Equality Now
Alissa Sushko, VR Producer of Come into Me
with
Sands of Silence director Chelo Alvarez-Stehle
and protagonist trafficking survivor Virginia Isaias
7 pm Sands of Silence SCREENING (86 min.)
8:30 pm Q&A
9:30 pm Layla Love Photography
available for purchase as anti-trafficking fundraiser
9:45 pm End
FREE – RSVP Required
CHELSEA ART GALLERY
555 W. 25th St, Chelsea, New York 10001
Photograph (c) by LAYLA LOVE
North America Screenings Highlight
UNITED NATIONS
New York
High-Level Political ForumEvent hosted by our partner EQUALITY NOW
and Spain’s Mission To The UN, co-hosted by UN Women,
Apne Aap Women Worldwide and the Cyrus R. Vance Center
for International Justice
Spain’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Román Oyarzun Marchesi, addresses the panel on July 10, 2017. To his right, Christa Stewart of Equality Now and to his left, Ruchira Gupta of Apne Aap Women Worldwide.
Protagonist Virginia Isaias, editor Marla Ulloa, director Chelo Alvarez-Stehle visiting the premises on our way to our presentation
LOS ANGELES PRESS CLUB
Thursday, April 26, 6:30 pm
Screening and Q&A
Moderated by Patt Morrison of the Los Angeles Times
with director Chelo Alvarez-Stehle
executive producer Deirdre Roney and
protagonist and survivor Virginia Isaias
Followed by Reception
6500 Sunset Blvd., Suite 205
Los Angeles, CA 90028 United States
CHARLEVOIX
CRIME RIGHTS WEEK
Tuesday, April 10
Screening
HOSTED BY
CHARLEVOIX COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
WESTCHESTER Community College
Thursday, March 22nd, 11 am
Screening and Q&A
with director Chelo Alvarez-Stehle
Classroom Building 200
Westchester Community College
75 Grasslands Avenue
Valhalla, NY 10595
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Thursday, March 22nd, 7 pm
Screening and Q&A
with director Chelo Alvarez-Stehle
and Executive Producer Deirdre Roney
and Equality Now’s Christa Stewart
NYU Students Affairs
726 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York , NY 10003
East Lansing, Michigan
Monday, March 26, 2018
7 pm
Screening and Q&A
with director Chelo Alvarez-Stehle and main character Virginia Isaias
Michigan State University
MAIN LIBRARY – Green Room
366 W Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI 48824
SPONSORED BY:
Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, College of Arts and Letters, Chicano and Latino Studies, Film Studies Program, Department of Sociology, The Hub, Matrix, and the College of Music
Bloomington, Indiana
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
5 – 7 pm – Reception to follow
Screening and Q&A
with protagonists director Chelo Alvarez-Stehle
and survivor Virginia Isaias
Indiana Memorial Union Whittenberger Auditorium
900 E 7th St, Bloomington, IN 47405
Indiana University Bloomington
Mental Health Association
of Columbia and Greene Counties
&
New York State Office of Victim Services (NYS OVS)
Friday, March 30th, 1 pm
Q&A moderated by NYS OVS director Elizabeth Cronin, with
film protagonists, director Chelo Alvarez-Stehle
and survivor Virginia Isaias
Columbia Greene Community College
Hudson, NY
San Luis Obispo, California
Thursday March 15, 1:15 pm AND 7:30 pm
Friday March 16, 10 am
Q&A with main characters Virginia Isaias and Lala Isaias
Downtown Cinemas
San Luis Obispo Intl. Film Festival
Bellingham, Washington
Saturday, February 17, 2018
7 pm
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Western Washington University
Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Orange, California
Sunday, February 11, 2018
Q&A with
director Chelo Alvarez-Stehle and
main character Virginia Isaias
Orange County Juvenile Hall
Los Angeles, USA
Awareness Festival Award Series
Sunday, July 30 2017
6:30 pm
HEAL ONE WORLD
3503 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90019
Screening and Q&A with
director Chelo Alvarez-Stehle
and main character, survivor Virginia Isaias
Orange, California
Wednesday Nov. 8th, 2017
Cinemark
Century Stadium 25 and XD – 1701 W Katella Ave, Orange, CA
Screening and Q&A
with main characters Virginia Isaias and Lala Isaias
New York City Bar Association
Monday, July 11th, 6 pm
Equality Now &
The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice
Co-hosted by Apne Aap Women Worldwide
Screening & Q&A with
Director Chelo Alvarez-Stehle
and main character, survivor Virginia Isaias,
President of Human Trafficking Survivors Foundation
MEXICALI, MÉXICO
Sábado, 10 de junio, 2017
CEART – CENTRO ESTATAL DE LAS ARTES
Calz. de los Presidentes, Zona del Río Nuevo
Southern Connecticut State University
April 24, 2017
Latin and Native American Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Hackensak, Minnesota
April 25-26, 2017
One Loaf at a Time Symposium
on Sex Trafficking and Sexual Violence
TIJUANA, MÉXICO
CINETECA TIJUANA – CECUT
Viernes, 4 de noviembre
2016
CLEVELAND (Chagrin Falls, OH)
CHAGRIN DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Wed Oct. 5th & Thursday Oct. 6th
2016
OFFICIAL SELECTION
BOSTON LATINO INTERNATIONAL
FILM FESTIVAL
Sun Oct. 2nd, 2016
OFFICIAL SELECTION
BOSTON SUFFOLK LAW SCHOOL
Tues Oct. 4th, 2016
Panel and Screening